Puppet Module for cron-apt

Install and configure cron-apt for automatic package updates. Use it in combination with a module to manage APT like: puppetlabs-apt

Available on PuppetForge as ''mniedzielski-cronapt'.

Usage

include apt

# Let cron-apt update packages on demand.
class { 'cronapt::configure':
    actions     => ['update', 'upgrade', 'notify'],
    mail_on     => 'output',
}

Options

    actions { update, download, upgrade, notify }
    mail_on { error, upgrade, changes, output, always }
    mail    <a valid email address>

Parting Words

This example provides full hands-off automatic updates of packages. Don't be scared.